Monument record 11379 - Earthworks at Styelane Croft, Handbridge

<1> Environment Agency, 2003-2011, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys (Chester UAD Project) (Digital Archive). SCH7749.

A series c.8 of curving north-east to south west ridges or terraces are visible of the LiDAR DTM.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Morris, M. 05/04/2013 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The area of Styelane Croft, Handbridge has been used for a number of purposes in the medieval to modern period with evidence of ridge and furrow of a possible later date in the field itself as well as quarry faces along the river bank visible at low tide and along the edges of the field near Westminster Terrace.

<3> Various, Written Communication to the HER, Welsh, T (Written Communication). SCH3756.

Along the east edge of Craft Field (formerly considered part of Edgars Field), backing onto Greenaway Street, are at least three artifical terraces facing west. They could be for cultivation, or drying nets, but there is another possibility. They may be where the sulphurous substance called Copperas Stone was extracted for processing at the Copperas Works in Hanbridge (see CHER 1147). It was extracted from three beds comprising 1388 square yards. It was described as being of exceedingly good quality and in high demand.